TabBoost Chrome Extension
Manifest V3 Chrome extension for team productivity — unified search across 8 SaaS tools, focus timer, and quick notes — 68% daily active users and 45 min/day saved per user.
Client background
ProWork is a New York-based productivity startup whose core product is a team workspace platform. After interviewing 200 customers, their biggest finding was that users still spent 35% of their day in Chrome — switching between Gmail, Notion, Jira, Slack, and other tools that ProWork couldn't replace. A Chrome extension was the strategic answer.
The challenge
ProWork's users were context-switching between 8 tools per day, losing 45+ minutes in the process. ProWork wanted to reduce that friction without rebuilding all 8 tools themselves. A Chrome extension that unified search, added a focus timer, and let users capture quick notes — without leaving their current tab — was the product bet. The challenge: it had to be genuinely fast, reliable, and pass Chrome Web Store review first submission.
Discovery & planning
User Interview Review
ProWork shared summaries of 20 customer interviews. We identified the 3 most-requested browser-level features: unified search (18/20), quick capture notes (15/20), and focus timer (12/20). These became the v1 scope.
Technical Architecture Call
Planned Manifest V3 architecture: popup for main UI (React), background service worker for alarms and API calls, content scripts for page interaction, and chrome.storage.sync for cross-device settings.
OAuth Integration Planning
Mapped the OAuth2 scopes required for Google, Notion, and Jira APIs via chrome.identity. Confirmed read-only scopes were sufficient for search — avoiding sensitive permission requests that hurt store approval rates.
UX Prototype Sign-Off
Built an interactive Figma prototype of the popup interface. ProWork's product team tested it with 5 users and returned prioritised feedback. Approved after one round of revisions.
Technical solution
We built a Manifest V3 extension with a React-powered popup that opens via keyboard shortcut (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+K). The popup provides unified search across connected apps (Google Drive, Notion, Jira, GitHub), a Pomodoro-style focus timer with break reminders via Chrome notifications, and a quick-capture note pad that syncs to Notion. All API calls happen in the background service worker, keeping the popup instant.
Tech stack
Timeline
Manifest V3 project setup, Figma designs, OAuth flow planning, API client libraries scaffolding
Unified search (Google Drive + Notion), focus timer, quick notes, chrome.storage sync
Jira + GitHub search, content script for page text capture, keyboard shortcuts, Chrome Web Store assets
Chrome Web Store submission, policy compliance review, beta testing with 50 ProWork users, staged rollout
Results & outcomes
Our team installed it in week one and I genuinely can not imagine working without it now. The unified search alone saves me 20 minutes a day. Super Soft delivered exactly what we spec'd — on time, no drama, first submission passed Chrome's review.
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